DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - NEWSPAPERS - The Washington Post, 
				January 21, 1896, pg. 7
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The Washington Post, January 21, 1896, pg. 7

FROM FAR OFF AUSTRALIA.

Mrs. Doyle Writes Seeking Lost Relatives in Washington.

In the mail received at police headquarters yesterday was a letter with a
foreign postmark, addressed to “The Sergeant of the Police at the City
Station, Washington, United States of America.”

The envelope of the letter was literally covered with the stamps of various
post-offices, and when the seal was broken it was found that the original date
of the letter was November 13, 1895, and that it had miscarried.  Appended is
a correct copy of the quaintly-worded letter:

November 13, 1895

Mackle Street, Perth

Dear Sir:  I send you this line to inquire about my relations.  I came out to
this colony and lost their address.  My sister’s name is Mary Lentry:  her
husband’s name was Sam Lentry, a farmer, native of Ireland.

My sister’s maiden name was Mary Sexbury, native of Dublin.  My mother lived
with them in Washington.

Sir, I want you to find out their address, dead or alive, or their
whereabouts.  They would be glad to know where I am.  You will be paid for
your trouble and you will be doing me a kindness.  There was Mary and Ann, and
I am the youngest sister, Sarah; maiden name Sarah Sexbury, a native of
Dunnconderer, near Dublin, Ireland.  Yours respectfully, S. DOYLE.

P. S. – My address is Mrs. Sarah Doyle, care Mrs. Jefferson, Mackle street,
Perth, Western Australia.  You might find their address in the book of
directory.  They are Roman Catholics.

The detectives of the central office have inaugurated a still hunt for Miss
[sic] Doyle’s relatives.